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Joey Barton has revealed that inner footballing circles have picked up on claims Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic refuses to even change with his team-mates after a bitter contract dispute.

The Serb, 32, is leaving United at the end of the season on a free transfer after failing to agree a contract extension and QPR midfielder Barton has claimed the footballers’ fraternity has heard whispers that the defender is now a man on his own at Old Trafford.

In a Twitter discussion with a Daily Mirror journalist about the under-pressure United skipper, Barton said: ‘Rumour he changes in a separate changing room and refuses to be part of group anymore, all down to how contract was handled.’